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Locking people up for fun P5 Nadia’s five-spice pork P28 Christchurch’s largest circulating community newspaper Thursday, February 11, 2016 TmSintes last year said he had had a ‘‘gutsful’’ of pier fishing transgressors. Pier woes tackled innewoffensive ANNAPRICE Sunday fishing off the New Brighton pier has been banned in a year-long trial. The Burwood Pegasus Com- munity Board decision means noone can fish or use crab pots from 10am to 5pm on Sundays. This will be reviewed by the Christchurch City Council within the year. New signs have been set up on the pier and around the area to let the public know that the ban is now in force. The council has also hired ‘pier hosts’ who can answer questions and ensure that no-one tries to fish Sundays between 10am and 5pm. Theywill have backup support if needed. Council staff proposed a one-off Sunday ban following community concern about the state of pier and how it was being managed at the end, but the board took this further. However, Councillor David East did not support the decision and regards the year-long Sunday ban as ‘‘probably only a temporary fix’’. He was still working long-term to determine the feasibility of a fishing platform, possibly a couple of metres below the end of the main deck. ‘‘I see that as the ultimate sol- ution to fishing problems off the pier,’’ he said. ‘‘I take the attitude that the pier was built for all recreational use including fishing, and ultimately the only solution is a fishing platform to separate fishing and other activities.’’ Repairs which may require the pier be closed at times were among a number of pier issues coming up this year, he said. ‘‘This will probably give us time to evaluate a number of options.’’ The board will also ask for funding through the council’s 2017 annual plan to look at building a separate fishing platform off the end of the pier. In August 2015, Pier and Fore- shore liaison group chair Tim Sintes, a key figure in the original pier project, called for a blanket ban on pier fishing and told the community board to ‘‘sort it out or ban it.’’ Sintes, a board member, told the Christchurch Mail at that time he had worked long and hard on the pier ‘‘to make it work for everyone’’. ‘‘I’ve been there, done that, nothing’s changed. I’ve had a gutsful.’’ Help give organisations in your community a helping hand! Your vote helps decide how $15,000 is shared. www.neighbourly.co.nz/community-grants Find out more and vote today